Hey Beatlepeople!

Welcome to WYD, where I've been having a blast uploading most of my Beatlepics! I get really excited when I realize that some people (other than me) might actually see this, so please leave a comment or something to let me know what you thought! thanks! and peace* V

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

To whoever frequently visits beatlesnews.com (formerly whatgoeson.com) - didnt you think this was such an incredible thing? I was actually touched they would go through the trouble of doing this and was really happy when I saw this instead of my usual homepage:

(maybe 'happy' isnt the most appropriate word, but you know what i mean)

This is just a pic from that Nordoff-Robins charity event where Paul signed a 10ft Gibson LesPaul replica in Nov 2007. (If anyone else noticed, he now has a LesPaul painted exactly like this one with the colorful kids and their hands up).

Friday, August 14, 2009

This August 14 is the 47th anniversary of Ringo Starr's joining The Beatles. In 1962, Brian Epstein called him up and gave him a total of three days to come up with an answer to his offer- Ringo accepted (obviously), leaving behind his drumming with Rory Storm & The Hurricanes and joining our boys! (thereby giving poor Pete Bet the boot) And thank God he did!

I often get angry at people underestimating Ringo's performance and importance within the Beatles career -- I recently read a really cute quote by George, saying

* "Playing without Ringo is like driving a car with three wheels."

OMG that is just too cute.

Also, what I read elsewhere and found interesting was that Ringo gave the band a bit of a cool edge, or twist. The three other members having pretty boring Catholic names like John, Paul and George and in comes our RINGO STARR. And how cool does that look? Also, he came from Dingle in Liverpool (tough area) and was involved in gangs and stuff - in those days, a cool feature in the eyes of our young lads...not to mention him driving a Zephyr Zodiac and having a beard! haha

AND for the last one, this is probably my all-time FAVE Ringo pic! I absolutely adore his face in this one..

IT’s official. Paul McCartney was a heartbreaker – even when he was just 10-years-old.

A former classmate today revealed how the girls would gather to giggle whenever the ex-Beatle passed them on his school bus.

Bernice Humphries, 67, was stunned to spot herself with McCartney in this photograph.

The recently uncovered image shows the former Joseph Williams junior school pupils at a children’s birthday party.

It will be auctioned later in the month.

Mrs Humphries, of Tarbock Green, Huyton, admits she was an early fan.

She said: “I was amazed when I saw the picture in the ECHO. I don’t remember it being taken. It was supposedly from a party in Childwall, but I don’t remember us ever going there.

“The houses look more like the ones in Western Avenue, Speke, where Paul lived at the time.”

She said McCartney’s talent was obvious even at school.

“Whenever we had our Christmas pantomime Paul had the lead role. He had a gorgeous voice even then.”

The two went to separate senior schools – Bernice to Aigburth Vale High School and Paul to Liverpool Institute – but the young McCartney was far from forgotten.

Mrs Humphries, then Bernice Stenton, said: “We all had a crush on Paul. His bus would come past ours in Aigburth Vale and you know what girls are like. We’d all be giggling and saying ‘There’s Paul, there’s Paul.’

“I’ll never forget the first time I saw the Beatles perform on the television. I thought that’s Paul McCartney... and it was.”

Having collected way too many Beatle-related pics, I've decided to make good use of them and have fun as always: Ladies and Gentlemen, here are the Beatles! John. Paul. George. And of course, Ringo.
And so, now that you're here, this is obviously What You're Doing.

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Origin of WYD title

I've been asked this a few times, 'Why did you call it What You're Doing?' soooo, for those of you who don't know, WYD Is actually a title of a great Paul song from the 1964 album, Beatles For Sale. Its pretty awesome and cute in my op, give it a listen! *V